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BY DEGREES FOUNDATION

EIN 42-1338832 DES MOINES, IA

Largest nonprofits in Iowa

Revenue 2024
$847,011
Expenses 2024
$977,774

Program services were 61.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 41070

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BY DEGREES FOUNDATION WORKS TO INCREASE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND POSTSECONDARY READINESS RATES THROUGH AN EXPANSIVE, K-12 CULTURE OF FUTURE-FOCUSED PLANNING AND SAVING. TO MEET OUR GOALS, WE ENGAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADDRESS BARRIERS AND INCORPORATE POSTSECONDARY AND CAREER READINESS ACTIVITES, FINANCIAL EDUCATION, AND ASSET BUILDING FOR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS OF STUDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWER CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES TO REACH THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED ACADEMIC AND WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT MORE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL READY FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTED STUDENTS IN ITS COHORT PROGRAM NOW IN COLLEGE, AND ALL STUDENTS AT FINDLEY ELEMENTARY, HARDING MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WITH MENTORING, ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE, CAREER GUIDANCE AND COLLEGE EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES. STUDENTS IN THE COHORT PROGRAM RECEIVED COLLEGE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS, AND STUDENTS THAT STARTED AT FINDLEY ELEMENTARY WERE ELIGIBLE TO EARN MONEY INTO A COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT. MORE THAN 2,300 STUDENTS WERE SUPPORTED BY THE ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $601,932 · Grants $98,713

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Emily Westergaard

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $124,194
    From this org
    $118,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,876
    Hours/week
    45

  • Bryan O'Neill

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Reddick

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Greenwood

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Mortier

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annie Brandt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara Deering-Hansen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rod Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken McCullum

    FORMER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joan Middleton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Everett Miles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Katherine Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Nguyen

    FORMER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Owens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Derrick Prine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Rasmussen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mondale Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sabrina Zenor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $847,011
    Expenses
    $977,774
    Contributions
    $864,285
    Grants paid
    $98,713
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $879,005
    Expenses
    $882,052
    Contributions
    $891,406
    Grants paid
    $113,962
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $767,843
    Expenses
    $720,498
    Contributions
    $793,385
    Grants paid
    $110,712

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $547,044
    Expenses
    $607,665
    Assets (EOY)
    $376,895

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $659,472
    Expenses
    $640,676
    Assets (EOY)
    $437,516

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $611,118
    Expenses
    $627,705
    Assets (EOY)
    $418,720

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.